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• Monotheistic
• 1.3 billion followers
• Founded by the Prophet Muhammad in
the Arabian Peninsula in the 600s
• "Islam" means "surrender" or
"submission," which implies that a
believer fully accepts the will of Allah,
or God
• Mosque is the place of worship
• Holy book is the Qur’an (Koran):
• Comprised of divine revelations
dictated to the Prophet Muhammad
by the angel Gabriel from about 610
until Muhammad's death in 632.
• Muslims believe that the Quran in the
original Arabic is the literal word of
Allah transmitted to the Prophet
Muhammad (the Messenger) for
humanity
Arabic script on a leaf of the
Koran, the holy book of Islam. Koran
means "recitation" in Arabic, and the
spoken Qur’an is believed to be the
word of Allah as revealed to the
Prophet Muhammad. To Muslims, the
Koran is the final testament of divine
law.
1. Faith: Profess a belief in Allah (God)
2. Prayer: Muslims must pray five times daily facing Mecca (the
holiest city in Islam)
3. Charity: Muslims must pay the zakat, an obligatory tax on
possessions and cash.
4. Fasting: Muslims must fast during daylight hours during
Ramadan, the ninth month of the lunar calendar.
5. Pilgrimage to Mecca: Muslims should make this journey at
least once in their lifetime called the hajj if they have the
health and wealth to do so.
• Small shrine located near
the center of the Great
Mosque in Mecca and
considered by Muslims
everywhere to be the most
sacred spot on Earth.
• Muslims orient themselves
toward this shrine during the
five daily prayers, bury their
dead facing its meridian,
and cherish the ambition of
visiting it on pilgrimage, or
hajj
• Hijrah, also spelled
Hejira or Hijra (“Flight”
or “Emigration”), the
Prophet Muhammad’s
migration (622 ce) from
Mecca to Medina in
order to escape
persecution. The date
represents the starting
point of the Muslim era.
• Eid al Adha (Feast of the Sacrifice)
• 4-day-long Muslim celebration of the Koranic story
of Abraham, who was asked by God to prove his
devotion to Him by sacrificing his son.
• Coincides with the conclusion of the hajj
• Season of Ramadan ends with festivities called Eid alFitr. (Fast-Breaking)
• For 3 or 4 days, people visit one another and
exchange gifts and food.
• Shiism
• Shiites (Shias) believe that the prophet Muhammad
designated a successor—his son-in-law Ali—and that Ali's
descendants are the only rightful Islamic leaders
• Emerged in opposition to the political dominance of Sunnism
in most areas
• Sunnism
• Believe that the leadership of Islam passed from Muhammad
in the seventh century to the caliph (religious leader) elected
from Muhammad's tribe. (Any good Muslim male could be the
caliph)
• 700s-1300s
• Wealth from trade and commerce helped to make it possible
• Advances in learning
• Translation of ancient works into Arabic
• Arabic numerals, algebra
• Improved tools for astronomical observation
• Advancements in optics
• Hospitals with adjoining medical schools and libraries
• Treatment was free to all citizens.
• Used anesthesia
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